GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Veteran commercial real estate broker Chip Hurley is leading a newly established West Michigan office of Newmark Grubb Cressy & Everett, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage, development and management company based in Mishawaka, Ind.

As managing director of the new office, Hurley will oversee the company’s expansion into a territory that stretches north to Traverse City and south to the Michigan border with a primary focus on the Grand Rapids, Holland-Zeeland and Muskegon area.

Hurley served previously as real estate officer at Macatawa Bank of Holland. He also has worked as a commercial broker at the Wisinski Group, Grubb & Ellis and CBRE. Before entering the real estate industry, Hurley worked as an environmental geologist.

Newmark Grubb Cressy & Everett represents more than 5.3 million square feet and almost 2,000 acres of commercial real estate in Indiana and Michigan, according to a press release announcing the new office.